RHETORICAL QUESTIONᦌᦹsɯɯ⁴why; how. [Note: This marks rhetorical questions that express surprise, criticism, scepticism.]500ᦡᦴduu¹a particle used with questions, especially rhetorical questions expressing worry, anger, sarcasm2000
rhododendronᦷᦙᧂᧈ ᦗᧃ ᦔᦲmoŋ⁵pan⁴pii¹rhododendron; azalea. [Note: Rhododendrons and azaleas are native originally to the Tai Lue speaking region.]Rhododendron sp.
rhythmic soundᦗᦳᧅ ᦗᦳᧅpuk⁵puk⁵a rhythmic sound (heart beating, feet walking)ᦆᦱᧉ ᦟᦱᧉ ᦆᦱᧉ ᦟᦱᧉxalaa⁶xalaa⁶sound of rhythmic movement
rice ballᦃᧁᧉ ᦈᦹᧃxaw³cɯn¹fried rice ball, sold skewered on a stickᦃᧁᧉ ᦢᦻᧈxaw³baaj²a pinch of glutinous rice to be eatenᦃᧁᧉ ᦖᦱᧅ ᦙᦱᧉxaw³maak²maa⁶a rice ball boiled in syrupᦃᧁᧉ ᦡᦸᧅᧈ ᦌᦸᧉxaw³dɔɔk²sɔɔ⁶a sweet of rice paste with brown sugar and crushed peanuts. It is wrapped in a leaf and steamed. [Note: This is eaten at Tai new year and other festivities. Sticky rice flour is used to form the thick black paste.]
rice basketᦃᧁᧉ ᦶᦢᧇxaw³bæp²basket with a tight-fitting lid for cooked glutinous riceᦃᧁᧉ ᦶᦀᧇxaw³ʔæp²basket with a tight fitting lid for cooked glutinous riceᦶᦢᧇbæp²basket with a tight-fitting lid, for cooked glutinous riceᦶᦀᧇ2ʔæp²basket with a tight fitting lid for cooked glutinous riceᦂᦸᧂᧈ2kɔŋ²small basket with a lid and often an attached stand. [Note: A ᦂᦸᧂᧈ is used to serve a single portion of cooked sticky rice.]
rice cakeᦃᧁᧉ ᦈᦲᧈxaw³cii²roasted glutinous rice cakeᦃᧁᧉ ᦷᦆᧇxaw³xop⁵a kind of sweet rice cakeᦃᧁᧉ ᦵᦃᧇᧈxaw³xeep²a kind of salty rice cakeᦃᧁᧉ ᦶᦎᧃxaw³tæn¹a cake of glutinous rice, dried in the sun and then deep friedᦃᧁᧉ ᦔᦸᧆ ᦙᦱᧉxaw³pɔt²maa⁶crispy sweet rice cakeᦃᧁᧉ ᦶᦟᧂᧉ ᦝᦹᧃxaw³læŋ⁶fɯn⁴a cake of pounded rice, put in soup
rice fieldᦓᦱ1naa⁴rice paddy; field that is flooded for wet rice cultivation500